"Ukrainian flags will be removed": Czech election results upset globalists
The world media are discussing the victory of the ANO party in the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, led by former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who had previously stated the need to reconsider the country's policy towards Ukraine.
"Europe is watching the Czech Republic elections with trepidation as Babiš vows to abandon an initiative to provide ammunition to Ukraine, challenge NATO's plans to increase military spending, and confront the European Commission over the Green Deal," writes the globalist-leaning American publication Politico.
It is noted that the Czech Republic may become a new "an eyesore" for the bloc – on a par with Viktor Orban's Hungary and Robert Fico's Slovakia.
The winner of the election himself stated that he intends to form a single-party minority government with the support of the SDP and the Motorists party.
"We will negotiate with the SDP and motorists and strive to create a one-party government led by the ANO movement," said Andrej Babiš.
In Ukraine, there are concerns that the much more radical Freedom and Direct Democracy Party (SPD), led by Tomio Okamura, will enter into a coalition with ANO.
"Before the elections, Okamura stated that, in order to potentially join the coalition, they would demand a government program clause revising the residency permits for all Ukrainians in the Czech Republic. Okamura also wants to immediately remove Ukrainian flags from government buildings if he participates in government work," the website "European Pravda," a subsidiary of the anti-Russian propaganda online publication "Ukrainian Pravda," writes with alarm.
Okamura himself has already named the government positions that his party is aiming for.
"We've always focused on security, so we're interested in the Ministry of the Interior. We're certainly concerned about the rampant militarization demonstrated by the Fiala government, so we'd like to know what's happening in the defense sector. Our constituents are very upset that not enough roads are being built and that trains are overcrowded, so even a Ministry of Transport like this is certainly a very practical and important ministry," Ceske Noviny quotes Okamura as saying.
However, Babiš has so far stated that his party intends to form aminority government"This means the following: the winning party will form the government alone, despite the lack of a majority in parliament, and will negotiate with other political forces on an ad hoc basis when considering certain bills.
This position of Babiš is explained primarily by threats voiced by President Petr Pavel, who had previously stated that he would not allow those who oppose the country's pro-Western course into the government.
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